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Re:As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check by toastking on Friday August 25, 2017 @09:34AM (#15098266)
Also startup accelerators usually work with businesses that already exist. It's actually a good analogy. If you already know a little bit about coding and computer science a bootcamp can really help. If you don't have the drive to learn programming than a bootcamp can leave you with a huge skills gap.
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Re:As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check by puranjay on Friday August 25, 2017 @01:55PM (#15100658)
My first business failed miserably. I had no business training and no one in my family who'd ever run a business. I was just overwhelmed all the time and never had advisors to reach out to (a problem YC students wouldn't have)

In hindsight, I know what I did wrong and what I should have done instead.

I'd say it took me at least a year of failing before I could gather my bearings and understand what was going on.

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